216: Chapter 216 You will all be buried with him

Seeing this, Ji Fa's brows furrowed even tighter.

This Demon Consort, how could she be so composed?

Or was all the intelligence false?

She didn't like Di Xin at all, nor did she care for the common people?

No, that's not right.

The Immortals clearly stated that her feelings for Di Xin were profound, and this was the key to her karmic love tribulation.

Di Xin's death must have been a huge blow to her.

Her current calm was merely the deadly silence before the storm.

It must be!

He had to add more fuel to the fire.

An ace he had held in his hand and hadn't played yet.

Ji Fa's eyes turned cold, and he gave a look to a trusted general beside him.

This trusted general had just arrived from the vicinity of the Star-Plucking Tower ruins not long ago.

The general understood.

He suddenly drew the long saber from his waist and signaled his subordinates behind him to bring up the items.

Soon.

The formation split into two rows.

Several cavalrymen rode out from the crowd on tall horses.

The one at the front held a gallows.

Bound to the gallows was a figure with no trace of life left.

It was Su Chen.

Although he had been burned alive in the Star-Plucking Tower, before his body could be completely incinerated, there was no longer enough combustible material inside the Star-Plucking Tower to burn.

At this moment.

His lower body had been mostly burned away by the fire, revealing stark white bones.

But his upper body remained perfectly preserved.

Even his handsome, almost demonic face was still as fair and tender, almost untouched.

His eyes were tightly closed.

As if he were sleeping.

The bloodstains oozing from his mouth, nostrils, and the corners of his eyes had not yet completely dried.

This made people feel a sense of pity from the bottom of their hearts.

The trusted general pointed his saber at Su Chen and lifted his chin.

“Demon Consort, look closely!”

The general shouted sternly, a cruel smile on his face.

“This dead dog before you is King Zhou Di Xin.”

“He was the man you loved most, and he died in a great fire that you started.”

“He is the primary culprit for the Yin Shang Dynasty's people turning into piles of white bones.”

“The people of Shang have fallen to this state because of his foolishness and your incompetence.”

“Now, I shall cut off his head and desecrate his corpse right here.”

“Let you personally witness the consequences of defying heaven and disobeying the Immortals.”

With that, he made a gesture as if to swing his saber.

“Wait.”

Ji Fa raised his hand to stop him, his gaze fixed on Su Daji.

His voice carried a teasing tone, like a cat toying with a mouse.

“Su Daji, this King will give you a chance.”

“If you kneel and beg for mercy now, swear allegiance to the Mandate of Heaven, and convert to the Immortals.”

“And personally take the sword from my general's hand to cut off this foolish ruler's head, showing a complete break from the past.”

“This King might, considering your achievement in slaying the tyrant, speak a few good words for you before the Immortals and spare your life.”

“I might even grant you a place in the new dynasty.”

“How about it?”

“After all.”

“You served that foolish ruler for many years, and while you didn't learn much else.”

“This skill of flattering and using your beauty to serve others.”

“Must be perfected.”

“The new dynasty... might also have a use for it.”

Such blatant humiliation caused even some of the surrounding feudal lords to slightly change their expressions.

Damn it.

You're going too far.

If this Daji really goes mad, we'll all be buried with you!

Time, at this moment, seemed to freeze.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on that purple back.

Waiting for her reaction.

Ji Fa's hand had already quietly rested on the hilt of his sword.

The several cultivators behind him also secretly raised their spiritual energy, locking onto Su Daji's aura.

The Immortals had said that if the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox was thoroughly enraged and revealed her true form, her power would be enough to overturn cities.

But they didn't need to be afraid.

As long as mortals died by her hand, the karma generated by killing mortals would arise.

At that time, the shackles of heaven and earth on Immortals would be broken.

It would be the perfect time for them to act.

Amidst Ji Fa and the others' anticipating yet nervous gazes.

That purple figure, which seemed to have turned into a stone statue.

Moved ever so slightly.

First, her shoulder trembled imperceptibly.

Immediately after, her lowered head.

Also slowly lifted.

Then, she slowly, turned around.

Little by little.

Her profile, and then her complete, exquisitely beautiful face.

Was revealed to everyone's gaze.

The moment her face fully turned.

Ji Fa, who was closest, and the several most highly cultivated cultivators beside him.

Took a sharp breath.

What kind of face was that?

Still exquisitely beautiful.

Even with a hint of pitifulness that made one want to cherish her.

But.

Those fox eyes, always filled with the seductive charm of spring water.

Now, they were as deep as an ancient cold pool, calm without a single ripple.

When that gaze swept over them.

Even though not a single trace of spiritual energy was released.

Yet everyone who met her gaze.

Felt a wave of fear originating from the depths of their souls.

That was not an expression a human should possess.

It was the gaze of a deity looking down on ants.

Almost everyone could tell.

This calmness was a precursor to madness.

She was about to go mad.

Su Daji's gaze swept over the dense allied army, over Ji Fa perched high on his horse, over the cultivators poised to strike, over Su Chen's corpse bound to the gallows.

Finally, it returned to Ji Fa's face.

She looked at him for a long time.

So long that Ji Fa almost couldn't restrain himself from speaking again.

Then, she suddenly tugged at the corner of her mouth.

And finally spoke.

“Ji Fa.”

“You shouldn't have done this.”

“You shouldn't have treated him this way, or judged him this way.”

Her voice was flat, slow, and soft.

Yet, it was as if it possessed the magical power of words becoming law.

Making everyone on the battlefield unable to harbor even the slightest desire to refute.

“You said the Great King was an overestimating clown.”

“You said his efforts were utterly ridiculous in the face of Immortals and the Mandate of Heaven.”

She tilted her head slightly, smiling with innocent charm.

Her fox eyes instantly transformed from clear to a dangerous blood-red.

“Then what about you?”

“You who hide behind Immortals, cheering them on.”

“Using schemes, using the so-called Mandate of Heaven to whitewash your ambitions, using mortal lives to pave your thrones.”

“You don't even have the courage to face him or judge him.”

“Waiting until after his death to dare bark here...”

Su Daji paused.

She slowly raised the hand that had been tightly clenched into a fist.

Her palm opened, facing the sky.

There, lay a long strand of hair.

It was Su Chen's.

“My Great King... I cherished him so much, fearing that something might happen to his body, that he would feel pain and leave me.”

“I couldn't even bear to let him feel pain, only daring to pluck a single strand of his hair to entwine with mine.”

“You...”

“What are you even?”

“To dare insult my Great King like this, and do such things to him.”

“Since that's the case...”

“Then let everyone go to hell together.”

“You, and those behind you...”

“Immortals.”

“You forced my husband to his death, insulted my Great King...”

“I will kill you all, one by one, dismember you.”

“And throw all your bones before him, to be buried with him.”

The instant her words fell.

An indescribably terrifying pressure.

Centered on Su Daji.

Erupted with a roar.